WestEddy

The wheels fell off last year. He just got one wheel on the wheel studs, and it fell back off.

There could be a parallel universe where the White Sox pummeled the Mariners, sweeping them, and securing home field advantage throughout the playoffs by the end of the first week of August.

Not for him. It's just information.

Correct. But there is a limit to how many times a player can be sent down in a single season. I believe it's 5, then the player gets to become a free agent if they choose.

Correct. This is his last option year. He can be sent down something like up to 5 times per option year. Next season, he is out of options and has to be rostered on the 26-man all season, or DFAed. Bryan Ramos is in the same position, so I'd think they would have called him up instead of Amaya.

No, I think the whole thread's a troll. But yeah, moronic.

I think some people envision me having a notebook filled with me practicing signing "Eddy Vargas" in it, and I think besides saying he could be a 3 WAR 3B (not crazy given the pace he was on for 2 months), I've also said he may not be on the next competitive team. He's a place holder until he taps into that top 40 potential with the bat.

Only off by not reading the comment. 34 games was about 1/3 of the games already been played.

Or he was, and it takes a while for a change to feel natural in game situations.

I thought he could be Joe Crede-like. If he put up 15-20 bWAR at 3B, or LF, that would have been phenomenal for the #22 pick. It's just his rookie season, and the league doesn't seem to have adjusted to him, much, yet.

It was a podcast. Him and Jon Daniels talking about the GM job, how they got theirs, and the duties involved, how the position has morphed just over their time in the game. I found it interesting. Hahn was in baseball about 23 years and has a ton of knowledge.

You mean.... Fred? Yeah, Rick telling JR to fire him was probably the biggest takeaway. Interesting insight on how Cashman and Dombrowski are just straightforward dudes, instead of wasting his time just info-gathering.

That is Sosa.

Cute

The weird part is that Mead has reverse splits, where he's hitting RHPs way better than LHPs. Woo is a righty.

So, by somebody's definition, both Scholtens and Noda are extremely valuable players.

I think if you picked up 6 random pitchers and 5 of them worked out, that would be a good hit ratio.

Interesting interview, with Hahn and Jon Daniels, talking about the job of GM, Hahn tells some vague, PC stories about trades he made or didn't make, deadline philosophies, etc. The South Side Blueprint With … - Rosters to Rings Podcast - Apple Podcasts

I only watched a couple episodes of the Red Sox doc on Netflix, but I think there's a running subplot with the wife of one of the players living in a hotel with the kids. It's gotta suck dumping everything on the wife to keep the family going, and all.

Is that Pete Ward? That was ***just*** before my time. We had a media guide or something that bounced around the house about the '59 team. I was born in 63, so I was fully sentient around 71. Weird how, with baseball cards, there's a whole aura around guys you just missed. I'd be looking at my Don Buford card and wondering why nobody told me about his time on the White Sox.

Counsel said Soroka's going on the IL. God, that sucks. 2024 was such a horrible year, and I'm really rooting for guys like Soroka.

Dude hasn't had 100 PAs, yet. He's a weird case. Sox rushed him his first year, and he responded, then got injured, so the prospect analysts had no idea what he really was. And neither do we, really. His BA and OBP are dropping steadily, but he's not really "slumping" and logging 0-fers over days and days. He does seem to be able to field, so you can cross that off your list.